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09/28/2011

WOW Wednesday...Fail!

I did not meet my own deadline. Excuses, none other than I felt a bit all over the place this week. So progress is below and it is nothing to write home about.

What has me all over the place? Inspiration. Heaps of it. I want to start everything (but I am not). Instead I have been stalking blogs and watching others finish things. I would blame it on the rain, except I live in Arizona and Milli Vanilli already used that excuse. Maybe I will blame it on Bethany and her Sunday Stimulation videos.

I found this on Youtube, it is simply wonderful.

This got me thinking of some of my favorite memories.

Holding my grandmother's hand. She has a lot of grand-kids but somehow when you were with her she made you feel like her favorite. She loved Elvis, I would sit and watch Elvis movies with her and she would always hold your hand. No matter how old you were.

My first kiss. Growing up I had two friends that were fraternal twins. I used to have a crush on one of them. He was an artist, so somehow at age 7 I lured him under my bed to draw (don't ask me why or how), and I planted one on him. More or less attacking the poor guy.

Getting a Strawberry Sizzler Huffy Bike for Christmas.It was hot pink with strawberries on the banana seat and had wonderful pink and silver streamers that hung from the handle bars.

Coming to the realization of just how special my mom is. One day I was watching her interact with a sales clerk. I saw this clerk go from having a grumpy face to lighting up after talking to my mom for just a few minutes. My mother has a way of making everyone feel special just by knowing her. Seeing it through my adult eyes was magical.

Experiencing New York City for the first time with the mom.

I could go on and on, but I would love to hear one of your favorite memories.

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I'm with you. Lots of inspiration and not a lot to show for it. Although I've been addicted to a computer game this week...

The people in the video are right. It is difficult to choose a favorite memory... Well, today my favorite memory is the time I went out in a big field in the middle of the country with a friend and looked at constellations through his telescope. I finally got to see the Ring Nebula, which I had wanted to see for years.

The one that came to mind first was the first moment when I realised my (future) hubby really liked me. We'd just started seeing each other and I knocked on his door for a vist. He opened the door, smiled and enveloped me in a huge tender hug as if he couldn't help himself - our first hug.

Other than that
- talking for hours with friends until all sense of time has disappeared.
-exploring rock pools with my dad, with a cautious eye on the sea
- my first big (and only) hike, and how none of us could move afterwards
-seeing my premmie nephew for the first time and being consumed with love for this tiny, tiny being who whistled when he breathed
- seeing my 3 month old niece's face light up with absolute adoration when she caught sight of her mummy (yesterday's special memory)

Maybe it's because the seasons are changing but I'm finding myself full of inspiration, too, which also makes it hard to settle and complete WIPs. Favorite memories: Just made one over the last couple of days when taking my oldest on a college tour in the northeast and enjoying talking about his future with him. I took both my kids (younger daughter, too) and it was a lovely couple of days in each other's company, feeling excited about things to come. xo